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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Denuvo-Free Devil May Cry 5 Reportedly Improves the Game's Performance by Up to 20FPS [wccftech.com]

It appears that Denuvo's anti-tamper tech has significant impact on Devil May Cry 5's performance, and a Denuvo-free .exe game file has now surfaced online.

The Devil May Cry 5 .exe file was actually released by Capcom following the game's release earlier today, but has now been pulled. However, the file can still be downloaded through the Steam console. Several users are reporting FPS improvements by up to 20FPS while using the Denuvo-free exe file.

Sound familiar? Devil May Cry 5 is the game AMD demoed [segmentnext.com] running on a Radeon VII GPU at its CES 2019 [soylentnews.org] keynote [soylentnews.org]. I wonder if they were running it with DRM.

Average frame rates are only part of the story when it comes to a game's performance. Minimum frame rates, percentiles, etc. can measure frame stuttering [nvidia.com]. A significant boost in a game's performance can also increase minimum frame rates.

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New "Out of Control" Denuvo Piracy Protection Cracked [soylentnews.org]
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Voksi Releases Detailed Denuvo-Cracking Video Tutorial [soylentnews.org]
DRM Software Company Takes Legal Action Against Cracker [soylentnews.org]
Hitman 2's Denuvo Protection Cracked Three Days Before Launch [soylentnews.org]
New 'Valeroa' Anti-Piracy System Cracked "In 20 Minutes" [soylentnews.org]
Evidence Continues to Mount About How Bad Denuvo is for PC Gaming Performance [soylentnews.org]

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